This is the new, fully translated english version of Sigh of Empire: a mod for Medieval II: Total War that focused on the Taiping and Nian Rebellions in XIXth century Imperial China. First made by the Domod & Beilai modding collectives in Chinese, this version has been revised by me for the English community.
The mod centered on the revolts of Nian (1851-1868) and Taiping (1851-1864) in the mid-nineteenth century, in imperial China, driven by natural disasters, social unrest, religious unrest and the inability of the Qing Dynasty to respond to these problems. They were not enough to overthrow the Qing, but resulted in economic devastation that eventually led to the fall of the regime in 1912, thus sealing the end of the Chinese Empire.